Creating technology to listen to and protect the natural world

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West Papua Reefs by Tim Laman
Breaching humpback whale
Yellow-headed Blackbird by Dorian Anderson / Macaulay Library
Lab researchers capture sound

We collect and interpret sounds in nature by developing, applying, and sharing innovative conservation technologies across relevant scales to inform and advance the conservation of wildlife and habitats.

Voyage to Survey Cetaceans

There is nothing quite like the excitement of starting a fresh project, and the newly organized Holistic Assessment of Living marine resources off the Oregon coast (HALO) project team was alive with it on 8 October as we prepared our various elements of research gear aboard the R/V Pacific Storm in the Newport bayfront.

Five observers on a boat in the middle of the ocean
Katydid on a stick with a black background

Using Artificial Intelligence to Study Natural Environments

In rainforests many animals are nearly invisible, but not all are silent. Rainforests click, whirr, and hum with the sound of life. Like heartbeats offer clues to doctors, these sounds convey endless information about the life of forests.

Gibbons, Bioacoustics, and Durian, Oh My!

Dena J. Clink, PhD, shares her experience studying the Bornean gibbon. She notes that nothing is more incredible than the sunrise in the Bornean jungle. Male gibbons often begin their melancholy solos before dawn.

Video recorded at Maliau Basin Conservation Area.

Photo credits: Voyage photo provided. Observers clockwise from the lower left: Leigh Torres, Marissa Garcia, Craig Hayslip, Miranda Mayhall, Holger Klinck.; insect photo by Yang Center team;

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